A selection of the most important news related to Africa, Asia, and Europe found in different media outlets from around the world

July 24, 2019
Convened by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the African Union (AU) and hosted by H.E. Emmerson Mnangagwa, President of Zimbabwe, the Summit will launch […]
UN Environment,
July 23, 2019
Towards an inclusive digital economy in Africa
Barriers such as cost, social norms, network coverage, security and harassment, trust and technical literacy all contribute to the fact that women in developing countries are […]
Observer Research Foundation,
July 22, 2019
New Industries In light of the oil decline in recent years, Africa has started to diversify and focus on other potential areas of investment and growth, […]
Forbes,
July 19, 2019
African leaders launched a continental free-trade zone on Sunday that if successful would unite 1.3 billion people, create a $3.4 trillion economic bloc and usher in […]
Reuters,
July 18, 2019
The economic play with the AfCFTA INTRA-is simple: African countries  look inward and make it easier to trade with each other by removing current barriers to […]
QuartzAfrica,
July 17, 2019

Business Africa

Growth in Africa threatened by US-China trade war EU signs trade deal with MERCOSUR countries California law bans discrimination at work over hair
DW,
July 16, 2019

China’s investment in Africa: consequences for Europe

How is Chinese investment impacting Africa, and what could be the consequences for Europe? China’s presence in Africa is steadily on the rise. One of the […]
Bruegel,
July 5, 2019
The scale of data the census collects is crucial to the government’s effort to formalize larger parts of Ghana’s economy, where over 80% of the employed […]
QuartzAfrica,
July 4, 2019

ROUNDTABLE < Is 'debt trap diplomacy’ China's neocolonialist tool in Africa? >

China’s a leading investor in the African continent, Beijing aims to reap more and more benefits from the mineral-rich continent but the fast changing reality on […]